2026 KPMI Full Catalog V1 - Flipbook - Page 11
For 85 years KPMI® has continued to be at the forefront of innovation, manufacturing, and
development of high performance valve train. KPMI® is constantly investing in new technologies
in order to maintain our position as one of the foremost authorities in valve train development.
Prototyping
Software
Utilizing the advances in power, speed, and user interface
of modern software, KPMI® employs an arsenal of software
programs to plan, design, simulate, fabricate and test all
aspects of development and production.
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3D Modeling/FEA: Every KPMI® component is designed
using the latest in 3D modeling technologies, allowing
KPMI® engineers to assemble entire valve train systems
virtually to verify 昀椀tment and clearances. Once assembled,
each system is subject to a rigorous Finite Element
Analysis (FEA) that allows KPMI® engineers to validate
designs and isolate areas of stress concentration. This
FEA analysis ensures that KPMI® parts are both light and
strong enough to stand up to the rigorous environment
inside a modern racing engine.
Valve train Simulation: Once a KPMI design has been
modeled and re昀椀ned the entire system is simulated using
valve train simulation software. This allows KPMI®
engineers to “tune” each system to ensure that it will work
harmoniously in the engine.
Spring Design: Each of KPMI’s valve springs are designed
using advanced spring design software that allow KPMI®
engineers to balance designs for the perfect blend of
performance and longevity.
KPMI® has integrated the use of
3D rapid prototyping technologies
into the many aspects of design
process. This technology allows
KPMI® engineers to almost
instantaneously create working
plastic prototypes of designs that
can be used to check 昀椀tment,
clearances and design validity.
Flow Testing
Before a design is complete, test valves are made with di昀昀erent
tulip pro昀椀les and each design is 昀氀ow tested on our FlowData
700 computerized 昀氀ow bench to optimize air昀氀ow characteristics
for that application. This often leads to improvements not only
in 昀氀ow characteristics, but in weight reduction as well.
Testing
When it comes to testing our product, KPMI® does not hold
back. We pride ourselves in supplying the consumer with a
product that works right the 昀椀rst time, keeping this in mind
when it comes time to test, KPMI® looks at every aspect
of the design under several di昀昀erent criterion. The springs
are brought to failure under fatigue testing and shake table
dynamics, whereas the heat-treated materials are destructively
tested to insure that they did not become brittle during the
manufacturing process; we do not, however, stop there. When
we are sure that our product lives up to the name, we go one
step further and supply the product to our test riders to see
how it performs under real world riding conditions. Only once
all of this information has been compiled and we are sure that
the product is ready for sale, is it released to our vast network
of world-wide dealers and distributors.
